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  • #1

    phoenix stuttering

    I have a problem with Phoenix,andI'm not sure when it started.
    I'm on the latest version.

    I get a hesitation about every 4 seconds.

    For a little while before that - sometime in Jan I had a £400 professional card in that I was testing for work and I din't have the problem then.
    That got replaced with a rather naff card I found in an old pc.
    Performance on phoenix was poor so i wasn't using it much.
    Recently I tried phoenix a bit more and as well as all the general poor performance I noticed this stutter occuring at regular 4-5 sec intervals.

    today I installed a 1Gb ATI XFX HD4550 card and it all runs fine at full res but stutters every 4-5 seconds.

    clearly its something my P.C. is deciding its got to do every 4-5 seconds. I've scanned it all for spyware etc and tried disabling everything so onlyphoenixis running.I've been through all the things windows says is running and can't identify any nasties.

    ITs a 2.2Ghz Athlon64 with 3 Gb of RAM.

    I fear I may need to rebuild my PC from scratch - its had all sorts of crap on and off it over the last few years....
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    The only thing that springs to mind is have you downloaded and installed the latest drivers for the video card?

    Have you run windows update since installing the new video card? Sometimes it shows that DirectX needs updating and sometimes finds updated drivers.
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    • #3
      Hi mate

      you havent got any monitoring software running in the background have you such as temp and or fan monitoring. Sounds like something is polling the CPU at regular intervals. Rebuilding (i assume you mean software refresh and not hardware) may solve the problem but if you end up reinstalling the software that is causing the problem then obviously nothing will change. It would be good to try an identify the offending program if at all possible.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by Evo Andy View Post
        The only thing that springs to mind is have you downloaded and installed the latest drivers for the video card?

        Have you run windows update since installing the new video card? Sometimes it shows that DirectX needs updating and sometimes finds updated drivers.
        I had similar issues before updating my direct X. Also i'm assuming you have already done this but check over your settings for your graphics card.
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        • #5
          Sometimes using Task Manager to increase the cpu priority a notch (to AboveNormal) can help when something is competing with it for cpu. Be aware, though, that other processes will suffer and it's best to just use this for testing.

          The other tool worth trying is Process Explorer, used to be part of sysinternals toolset, who are now part of microsoft. Go to www.sysinternals.com and it will redirect you to the page on Microsoft. It has a handy facility to suspend a process (something that Task Manager doesn't have) and so if you suspect that something is messing you around you can suspend it ... but try to avoid suspending the essential system processes otherwise your system may grind to a halt or worse. You have been warned
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          • #6
            Thaks a few things to try brefore I format and stick the xp dic in for a loing evening (and next day) of excitement.

            I have been profligate in insatlling and uninstalling all sorts of cr*p on this PC over 5 years...
            www.heli-extreme.co.uk a good club in south Sheffield
            600n pro BeastX Align DFC head bls251, 3xbls451, align gov, 600d, 2in1
            trex500, BeastX DS510 swash, Beast X cutr and carve head DS520 HK3026-1900, Align 425D blades, 5S4200 rev'trix, K&BDD dampers, AR6200
            "450" superframeSTK, align DFC head v2tail, hk22281-8 on 3S 9650w9257gear commander 55A align 325D hitec digitals Tarot ZYX, AR6100e
            MCPX kbdd tail and blades, miniaviation bats

            Dont spend more flying models than it costs to fly for real

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            • #7
              I do get this every now and again. Its more pronounced when online. I suspect its the number of processes running in the background.

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              • #8
                If the pc is 5 years old and you have not done a clean re-install in that time with lots of installs/uninstalls then firstly congrats I would have done at least one if not two clean installs in that time.

                A clean XP install should make it run much much better. Just try not to put too much cr4pware on though.

                If you back up your data and reformat the hard drive during the install this shouls also help.
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                • #9
                  I bought a 4550 for my PC a few months back and never got on with it. Having then swapped this for a 4850, it's not much better. I may go back from ATI to Nvidia
                  Martin

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                  • #10
                    Re-formatted the pc and now it runs much better.
                    no excuses for not practising now
                    www.heli-extreme.co.uk a good club in south Sheffield
                    600n pro BeastX Align DFC head bls251, 3xbls451, align gov, 600d, 2in1
                    trex500, BeastX DS510 swash, Beast X cutr and carve head DS520 HK3026-1900, Align 425D blades, 5S4200 rev'trix, K&BDD dampers, AR6200
                    "450" superframeSTK, align DFC head v2tail, hk22281-8 on 3S 9650w9257gear commander 55A align 325D hitec digitals Tarot ZYX, AR6100e
                    MCPX kbdd tail and blades, miniaviation bats

                    Dont spend more flying models than it costs to fly for real

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by moyesboy View Post
                      Re-formatted the pc and now it runs much better.
                      no excuses for not practising now
                      Well at least you found something to do on a wet and miserable day!
                      All the best STEVE.


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